COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONCascade Cuvée du Jongleur is a blend of select barrels of Flanders Reds, Triples, and Blond Quads that have undergone lactic fermentation and barrel aging up to 18 months. This Belgian Ale is bottle conditioned by 4 months of lactic fermentation and aging.

Wonderful sour grape and peach wine aroma. Very cherry wine like flavor with tons if oak and malt supports. Perfect dry palate and carbonation. Light and lively but not American lager type of mouthfeel. More champagne like. Excellent!

75cl bottle at CBC Clerkenwell, thanks to Paul for this one! Aroma is sour cherry, wood, and earthiness. Palate greets with a nice full feel, supporting the flavors with soft deluxe carbonation. Flavor has strong initial sourness -- a tart cherry sourness – beautifully complemented by woody character and must. Complex and delicious.

Bottle shared at CBC Clerkenwell during Paul’s Birthday Celebration - London. Thanks to the birthday man himself. Pours muddy amber with a creamy tan head. Definite notes of oxidation in the aroma, some toffee, berries, bread, a bit of leather. Light sweet flavor with ripened berries, moderate tartness, some brown bread, brown sugar, more toffee; less oxidation present in the flavor. Light to medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Lightly warming finish, some further tangy berries, bready malts and brown sugar. I like the aged character here.

Pours a clear deep red brown color with a good sized fluffy off white head that slowly dissipates to a cap on top. The aroma holds lots of dark fruits, I pick up prunes and plums with a light lactic tang thing going on. Sweet and dark sugars round out the malt side of things. The flavor is nice and a bit sweet up front with lots of dark fruits and deep sugars going on. Light lemon and grapefruity tartness mingle with a mild lactic presence. Medium body and level of carbonation with a sweet tarts mouthfeel going on. Nice beer, lightly tart with lots of sweet juicy fruits still surviving.

Bottle shared with friends. This was one that I’ve been looking forward to for some time now. Aroma has hints of sour fruit and a mellow tartness. Not super sour but that’s from the age I believe. This could be on the way down so I’d drink it now if I were holding onto a bottle.

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